[News] Call for Posters: The Vienna Circle and Logical Empiricism. Vienna, October 19-21, 2026

CALL FOR POSTERS International Conference The Vienna Circle and Logical Empiricism - Research and Historiography Organizers: Institute Vienna Circle, University of Vienna, and Vienna Circle Society Programme Committee: Esther Heinrich-Ramharter, Martin Kusch, Elisabeth Nemeth, Georg Schiemer (Co-Chair), Friedrich Stadler (Co-Chair) Date: October 19-21, 2026 Location: Aula, Campus of the University of Vienna, Court 1 Research and publications on the Vienna Circle and Logical Empiricism are growing and flourishing for decades. On the occasion of the 35th anniversary of the Institute Vienna Circle and 90 years after the assassination of Moritz Schlick, the founder of the Vienna Circle, it seems reasonable to critically assess and re-evaluate the scholarly output on the history and influence of the Vienna Circle as a collective as well as of its individual members. The aim of this conference is to focus on added values and novelties in research and publications as well as from the perspective of theoretical sustainability. A special attention is laid on archival sources with new results and on completed and running research projects dealing with Carnap, Gödel, Neurath, and Schlick, in addition to gender and migration studies. Sections: 1. The Vienna Circle and Logical Empiricism as collective phenomena 2. Individual members: From Gustav Bergmann to Edgar Zilsel 3. The Philosophical Periphery: Einstein, Popper, Ramsey, Russell, Wittgenstein etc. 4. The European Context: Berlin, Cambridge, Helsinki, Prague, Paris, Warsaw 5. The “Americanization” and Diaspora: Reception and Influence 6. The Gender Dimension: Women in/of Logical Empiricism 7. The Vienna Circle / Logical Empiricism in contemporary history of philosophy of science, scientific and analytic philosophy 8. Neglected research topics and future perspectives Workshop 1: Exhibitions and movies on the Vienna Cricle and its members Workshop 2: Completes, running and planned Edition Projects (Carnap, Gödel, Schlick …) Workshop 3: Archives and Primary Sources, VALEP Keynote speakers: Juliet Floyd (Boston) 9th Arthur Pap Lecture 2026 Alan Richardson (Vancouver) Michael Friedman Memorial Lecture 2026 Jan von Plato (Helsinki) 34th Vienna Circle Lecture 2026 Confirmed speakers: Francesca Biagioli (Turin), Anna Brożek (Warsaw), Hans-Joachim Dahms (Berlin), Christian Damböck (Vienna), David Edmonds (London), Eva-Maria Engelen (Berlin), Massimo Ferrari (Turin), Johannes Friedl (Graz), Janette Friedrich (Geneva), Maria Carla Galavotti (Bologna), Michael Heidelberger (Tübingen), Veronika Hofer (Wien), Ulf Höfer (Graz),Hannes Leitgeb (Munich), Martin Lemke (Rostock), Alexander Linsbichler (Linz), Christoph Limbeck-Lilienau (Vienna), Flavia Padovani (Philadelphia), Günther Sandner (Vienna), Sahotra Sarkar (Austin), Christoph Schuringa (London), Anne Siegetsleitner (Innsbruck), Karl Sigmund (Vienna), Michael Stöltzner (Columbia, SC), Bastian Stoppelkamp (Wien), Marta Sznajder (Vienna / Munich), Ádám T. Tuboly (Pécs), Sander Verhaegh (Tilburg), Thomas Uebel (Manchester), Pierre Wagner (Paris) CALL FOR POSTERS: Especially junior scholars are invited to send an abstract (not more than 500 words) suitable for blind review, of the proposed poster presentation in conjunction with one of the above listed section topics latest by March 31, 2026, to: Georg.Schiemer(a)univie.ac.at and Friedrich.Stadler(a)univie.ac.at Notification date: April 30, 2026 The organizers will support submitters of accepted posters after application with a certain amount for travel and/or accommodation dependent on the final conference budget. -- Friedrich Stadler Professor for History and Philosophy of Science, University of Vienna, ret. Institute Vienna Circle (Permanent Fellow) https://wienerkreis.univie.ac.at/ Vienna Circle Society (Director) http://www.univie.ac.at/vcs/ Forum Contemporary History of the University of Vienna https://forum-zeitgeschichte.univie.ac.at/ Austrian Ludwig Wittgenstein Society (Former President, Consultant) http://www.alws.at Turin Academy of Sciences (Foreign Member) https://www.accademiadellescienze.it/accademia/soci/friedrich-stadler Email: Friedrich.Stadler(a)univie.ac.at, Postal Address: Universität Wien, Universitätscampus, Hof 1.13, Spitalgasse 2, 1090 Wien, Austria Personal Website: https://vcs.univie.ac.at/stadler/FS_short.pdf